Telford Garage

[arrivadays]

they're more up to the job than the Versa's which are the worst bus ever.

You think the Versas were bad on the 481, try the 55-plate Darts that were replaced by them. In idle, you would have thought there was an earthquake, with how severely they shook (the seats with no-one on them would be bouncing violently!)

[Bob]

Those darts were worked hard on the 825 before going on to the 481. They werent ever really up to heavy interurban work even when new

[arrivadays]

I know - the same TINY four-pot engine you get with the MPDs, and these are almost as big as the SPDs (that's almost 11 metres)! If you ask me, I'd say "Why waste the money on these when you can just have the SPDs?"

Maybe if they offered a more powerful engine (and possibly a Voith gearbox, like some SPDs), then I'd consider buying them. But, as they are now, then no. Waste if you ask me.

[arrivadays]

Has anybody seen 2239/41, and is 2722 actually coming to Telford?

[staffsdave]

Been told there's 3/4 MPDs parked round the back of the yard oos. Sorry got no more info as yet

[staffsdave]

There's 3 MPDs at the depot which have been oos for quite sometime: 2135/2241/2248

[Bob]

Oh christ I hope theyre not coming to cannock!

[arrivadays]

2135's bad, but 2241 and 2248 are actually pretty good. 2248 has paper in the back destination box. :/

[arrivadays]

Y348UON has now been fitted with LEDs, as has Y366UON. Does anybody have an idea where Y362UON is?

[Bob]

There was rumour that cannocks 4 cadets bu03 hrd/e/j/k were going back to telford. Hre/j apparently had to be re trimmed due to the interiors being bad enough to fail an mot. Hrk is in a dreadful state inside absolutely revolting its easy the worst bus internally at cannock.  Any one know if theyre still eventually going back to telford?

[tphi12000]

Y348UON has now been fitted with LEDs, as has Y366UON. Does anybody have an idea where Y362UON is?

2722 Y362UON was still in service at Shrewsbury last week.

[arrivadays]

I think HRD/E/J/K were at Stafford - not Telford (when they were RuraLine - Stafford operated it before Telford did).

On another note, 2718 was sent back to the depot (possibly with electrical problems, replaced by 2739), and then I came back on 2639 and that was having some bad gearbox problems. I think that will soon be at the end of its life.

[arrivaaston]

Apparently 2135/2241/47 are working from stafford and 2722 has now joined the sisters at Telford.....??

[tphi12000]

Apparently 2135/2241/47 are working from stafford and 2722 has now joined the sisters at Telford.....??

2135 2241 out of service  as reported above and 2247 is reported as Telford today in unusual workings thread

[Bob]

The B6s are being withdrawn at a fast rate now arent they? Its mad to think that originally loads of them were destined for wednesfield but were diverted to Stafford who were having 'major reliability problems' at the time.  Lol